Dover Middle School students raise over $1g to save animals

DOVER — A donation will be made to local animal shelter Cocheco Valley Humane Society after efforts of Dover Middle School students raised over $1,000 for the facility and its animals.

The fifth and sixth grade student council worked together to come up with a way to raise money for an organization or cause of their choice.

Each homeroom class created a themed basket, raffling the item off with tickets sold to any student, teacher or staff member wanting to take a shot at winning a movie-night, Game Stop, breast cancer awareness, or variety of other basket genres, like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, that were created.

Student council president, Anna Cartelli, 11, said the entire student council took a vote on what organization they wanted to donate money to. Before that, Anna said, each homeroom took their own vote and the representatives relayed that information to the student council.

She said her choice was inspired by the sad commercials she sees on television for animals in need.

“We had a lot of choices,” student council secretary Conor Flynn, 11, said.

In total, $1,038 was raised and will be delivered to CVHS by student council advisers Kathy Males and Carol Kennedy.

Student Council Vice President Mary Fogarty, 11, said she adopted a gerbil from CVHS. Anna said she adopted, Sugar, a 1 ˝year old Boxer puppy from the shelter. And, while Conor said his dog, a black lab mix did not come from CVHS, he’s an animal lover like his peers and is happy to see proceeds of their efforts go toward helping animals who really need it.